A method for an emergency response in the event of a loss of tire pressure of a transportation vehicle including detecting a tire pressure at a wheel of the transportation vehicle and detecting an angle of inclination on an axle of the transportation vehicle associated with the wheel, A transportation vehicle for autonomous driving.

Methods, systems and apparatuses for location monitoring are disclosed. One system includes a first location monitoring apparatus that includes a plurality of sensors, shared storage, and a low-power controller. For an embodiment, the low-power controller operates to manage the plurality of sensors, manage storage of sensed information in the shared storage, communicate with an upstream server, and communicate with a second location monitoring apparatus. For an embodiment, a high-power controller operates to retrieve at least a portion of the stored sensed information, process the at least the portion of the stored sensed information, communicate with the low-power controller, and communicate with a second low-power controller of the second location monitoring apparatus through the low-power controller. For an embodiment, the low-power controller is powered and operable for greater periods of time than the high-power controller, and where the low-power controller.

A method of controlling a travel path of an agricultural baling system including a baler and a tow vehicle includes: receiving a first bale density signal indicative of a first bale density of a forming bale at a first location in a baling chamber; receiving a second bale density signal indicative of a second bale density of the forming bale at a second location; receiving a windrow signal indicative of a width of a windrow; comparing the first bale density to the second bale density; determining a difference between the first bale density and the second bale density exceeds a threshold difference; and outputting a steering signal to a steering mechanism of the tow vehicle to adjust at least one steerable wheel of the tow vehicle by an adjustment when the determined difference exceeds the threshold difference, the adjustment being based at least partially on the received windrow signal.

A system and method for enhanced vehicle efficiency through smart automation for an onboard weather update is provided. The system comprises a processor, and a non-transitory processor readable medium including instructions, executable by the processor, to perform a method comprising: receiving vehicle data from an onboard vehicle data source; receiving real-time weather data from one or more weather data sources; detecting when onboard forecast weather data is out-of-date or irrelevant based on the vehicle data and the real-time weather data; estimating one or more potential benefits from an update of the onboard forecast weather data; and activating the update of the onboard forecast weather data.

A method for the operation of a self-propelled agricultural working machine has at least one working element and a driver assistance system for generating control actions within the working machine. A sensor arrangement for generating surroundings information is provided, and the driver assistance system generates the control actions based on the surroundings information. The sensor arrangement comprises a camera-based sensor system and a laser-based sensor system, each of which generates sensor information regarding a predetermined, relevant surroundings area of the working machine. The sensor information of the camera-based sensor system is present as starting camera images. The starting camera images are segmented into image segments by an image processing system according to a segmentation rule, and the segmented camera images are combined by a sensor fusion module with the sensor information from the laser-based sensor system.

A fork-lift truck includes a load carrier, a first optical detector, an optical analyzing unit, and a second optical detector. The analyzing unit receives and analyses information from the second optical detector, wherein the first and second optical detector are movable together with the load carrier, and the first optical detector is positioned in relation to the load carrier, such that a first field of view includes at least a part of the load carrier and an extension of the load carrier. The second optical detector is positioned, such that a second field of view includes a predetermined volume above the load carrier The position and orientation of the second detector is calibrated in relation to a predetermined position on the fork-lift truck, in case one or more objects are positioned in the predetermined volume, at least one three-dimensional relative position can be determined.

The invention relates to a method for communication on the basis of an, in particular wireless, motor vehicle communication system interacting in an ad-hoc manner, wherein the communication takes place between road users themselves and/or between road users and traffic infrastructure, in which, in the vicinity of a node for traffic routes, particularly junctions or intersections between traffic routes such as road or rail junctions, a radio transmission/radio reception device associated with a first road user continuously sends a message to at least one second radio transmission/radio reception device, which is situated in the radio coverage area of the first radio transmission/radio reception device and is associated with a device for the traffic infrastructure, the message is sent such that, on the basis of the received message, for each manoeuvre that is possible at the node, at least one value correlating to a probability of execution of the manoeuvre at the node is ascertained, and the road users are controlled on the basis of the correlating value. The invention also relates to a device for the traffic infrastructure and to a road user device having means for carrying out the method.

The invention relates to a method and a stationary device for communication on the basis of an ad-hoc interacting motor vehicle communication system, particularly of the wireless variety. Communication occurs between the road users and/or pedestrians themselves and/or between road users and/or pedestrians and the traffic infrastructure wherein, in the near field of a traffic route junction, particularly T-junctions or intersections of traffic routes such as road or railway junctions, a radio transmission/receiving device associated with a first road user continuously transmits a message to at least one second radio transmission/receiving device that is associated with a device of the traffic infrastructure and located in the radio coverage range of said first radio transmission/receiving device, the message being transmitted such that a first direction of a change in position of the first road user is detected on the basis of the received message, a history of detected directions is compiled on the basis of these messages, a first correlation is determined between said first direction and the historical directions, a second correlation is determined with the result of said first correlation and a reference traffic lane of pre-plotted traffic lanes at the traffic route junction, said reference traffic lane corresponding to the geographic course and being the basis for road user and/or pedestrian control, particularly when initialising the traffic control, and road users and/or pedestrians being controlled on the basis of said first and/or second correlation.

The brake control device comprises a control mode selecting portion 64 which selects one control mode based on a detection result of the detecting portion from a control mode group including at least two control modes which are a responsiveness priority mode which gives more priority to a responsiveness of the braking force relative to an operation of a brake operating member than to a suppression of an operating noise occurred upon the generation of the preparatory hydraulic pressure and a serenity priority mode which gives more priority to the suppression of the operating noise than to the responsiveness of the braking force. The hydraulic pressure control portion controls the hydraulic pressure generating device to generate the preparatory hydraulic pressure in response to the control mode selected by the control mode selecting portion.

The present invention provides an obstacle detecting system and method. The obstacle detecting system includes: a transmitting unit which emits a laser signal; a MEMS scanning mirror which scans detecting regions set at an angle of view at which obstacles in front of a vehicle are detected and a cut-in situation when a vehicle in a next lane suddenly cuts in is detected, and divides the detecting regions into a plurality of regions to scan the plurality of regions at different point intervals; a receiving unit which receives the laser signal transmitted from the MEMS scanning mirror to detect information on an object detected in the detecting regions; and a processing unit which detects the obstacles and the cut-in situation through the information detected in the receiving unit to issue an alarm or transmit a braking command.